Francis E. Reidy Sr., 86, of La Plata died Nov. 27, 2006.
Mr. Reidy was born March 23, 1920, in Washington, D.C., and raised in northeast Washington. He attended Holy Comforter School and Eastern High School. In 1937, he started an apprenticeship at the Washington Post as a photo engraver. He received orders to report for induction in the Army in November 1941. He shipped out on the Queen Mary in February 1942 and sailed around the world via Buenos Aires and Capetown and arrived in Australia. There he joined the Advanced Echelon of the 5th Air Force and moved to set up bases in New Guinea. He participated in significant operations, including WEWAK and Simpson Harbor Rabul, along with the Battle of the Coral Sea, which ended Japanese advances in the South Pacific. Upon his return to the United States in 1944, Mr. Reidy, known as ‘‘Dit," married Mary Madelyn Tillett, known as ‘‘Tillie," of Anacostia at St. Francis Xavier Church. During their married life they raised seven children.
He returned to the Post in 1966 as superintendent of the photo engraving department. During his years at the Post, many historical events took place, including the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Vietnam War and Watergate. He had great admiration for publisher Katherine Graham and loved the newspaper business.
He retired from the Post and moved to Bethany Beach, Del., and later to La Plata. His retirement lasted 26 years. He and his wife were married 62 years and had seven children, 17 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
He served as president of Bishop Byrne Council Knights of Columbus, Oxon Hill and Post Scott Johnson Collins Veterans of Foreign Wars, Morningside.
His favorite part of business was ‘‘after hours" poker games. He was a reservoir of knowledge about life in Washington, D.C., before World War II, which included such activities as a youth as sneaking onto streetcars, sleeping outside at night in the hot summer at present-day RFK Stadium, watching the Washington Redskins at Old Griffith Stadium and delivering ice by horse and wagon with his father.
He was a lifelong fan of the Redskins and loved ‘‘trolling" for rockfish in Southern Maryland.
Born March 23, 1920, in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late Frederick C. Reidy and the late Mary Reidy.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his grandchild, Francis E. Reidy III.
He is survived by his wife, Mary ‘‘Tillie" Reidy of La Plata; sons, Francis Reidy Jr. and his wife, Cheryl, Tim Reidy and his wife, Nicole, and Michael Reidy; daughters, Sharon Maxted and her husband, Miles, Sheila Gilbert and her husband, Russell, Mary Carroll and her husband, Richard, and Madelyn Whittaker and her husband, Phil; 16 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Mr. Reidy was born March 23, 1920, in Washington, D.C., and raised in northeast Washington. He attended Holy Comforter School and Eastern High School. In 1937, he started an apprenticeship at the Washington Post as a photo engraver. He received orders to report for induction in the Army in November 1941. He shipped out on the Queen Mary in February 1942 and sailed around the world via Buenos Aires and Capetown and arrived in Australia. There he joined the Advanced Echelon of the 5th Air Force and moved to set up bases in New Guinea. He participated in significant operations, including WEWAK and Simpson Harbor Rabul, along with the Battle of the Coral Sea, which ended Japanese advances in the South Pacific. Upon his return to the United States in 1944, Mr. Reidy, known as ‘‘Dit," married Mary Madelyn Tillett, known as ‘‘Tillie," of Anacostia at St. Francis Xavier Church. During their married life they raised seven children.
He returned to the Post in 1966 as superintendent of the photo engraving department. During his years at the Post, many historical events took place, including the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Vietnam War and Watergate. He had great admiration for publisher Katherine Graham and loved the newspaper business.
He retired from the Post and moved to Bethany Beach, Del., and later to La Plata. His retirement lasted 26 years. He and his wife were married 62 years and had seven children, 17 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
He served as president of Bishop Byrne Council Knights of Columbus, Oxon Hill and Post Scott Johnson Collins Veterans of Foreign Wars, Morningside.
His favorite part of business was ‘‘after hours" poker games. He was a reservoir of knowledge about life in Washington, D.C., before World War II, which included such activities as a youth as sneaking onto streetcars, sleeping outside at night in the hot summer at present-day RFK Stadium, watching the Washington Redskins at Old Griffith Stadium and delivering ice by horse and wagon with his father.
He was a lifelong fan of the Redskins and loved ‘‘trolling" for rockfish in Southern Maryland.
Born March 23, 1920, in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late Frederick C. Reidy and the late Mary Reidy.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his grandchild, Francis E. Reidy III.
He is survived by his wife, Mary ‘‘Tillie" Reidy of La Plata; sons, Francis Reidy Jr. and his wife, Cheryl, Tim Reidy and his wife, Nicole, and Michael Reidy; daughters, Sharon Maxted and her husband, Miles, Sheila Gilbert and her husband, Russell, Mary Carroll and her husband, Richard, and Madelyn Whittaker and her husband, Phil; 16 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Francis E. Reidy Sr., 86, of La Plata died Nov. 27, 2006.
Mr. Reidy was born March 23, 1920, in Washington, D.C., and raised in northeast Washington. He attended Holy Comforter School and Eastern High School. In 1937, he started an apprenticeship at the Washington Post as a photo engraver. He received orders to report for induction in the Army in November 1941. He shipped out on the Queen Mary in February 1942 and sailed around the world via Buenos Aires and Capetown and arrived in Australia. There he joined the Advanced Echelon of the 5th Air Force and moved to set up bases in New Guinea. He participated in significant operations, including WEWAK and Simpson Harbor Rabul, along with the Battle of the Coral Sea, which ended Japanese advances in the South Pacific. Upon his return to the United States in 1944, Mr. Reidy, known as ‘‘Dit," married Mary Madelyn Tillett, known as ‘‘Tillie," of Anacostia at St. Francis Xavier Church. During their married life they raised seven children.
He returned to the Post in 1966 as superintendent of the photo engraving department. During his years at the Post, many historical events took place, including the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Vietnam War and Watergate. He had great admiration for publisher Katherine Graham and loved the newspaper business.
He retired from the Post and moved to Bethany Beach, Del., and later to La Plata. His retirement lasted 26 years. He and his wife were married 62 years and had seven children, 17 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
He served as president of Bishop Byrne Council Knights of Columbus, Oxon Hill and Post Scott Johnson Collins Veterans of Foreign Wars, Morningside.
His favorite part of business was ‘‘after hours" poker games. He was a reservoir of knowledge about life in Washington, D.C., before World War II, which included such activities as a youth as sneaking onto streetcars, sleeping outside at night in the hot summer at present-day RFK Stadium, watching the Washington Redskins at Old Griffith Stadium and delivering ice by horse and wagon with his father.
He was a lifelong fan of the Redskins and loved ‘‘trolling" for rockfish in Southern Maryland.
Born March 23, 1920, in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late Frederick C. Reidy and the late Mary Reidy.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his grandchild, Francis E. Reidy III.
He is survived by his wife, Mary ‘‘Tillie" Reidy of La Plata; sons, Francis Reidy Jr. and his wife, Cheryl, Tim Reidy and his wife, Nicole, and Michael Reidy; daughters, Sharon Maxted and her husband, Miles, Sheila Gilbert and her husband, Russell, Mary Carroll and her husband, Richard, and Madelyn Whittaker and her husband, Phil; 16 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Mr. Reidy was born March 23, 1920, in Washington, D.C., and raised in northeast Washington. He attended Holy Comforter School and Eastern High School. In 1937, he started an apprenticeship at the Washington Post as a photo engraver. He received orders to report for induction in the Army in November 1941. He shipped out on the Queen Mary in February 1942 and sailed around the world via Buenos Aires and Capetown and arrived in Australia. There he joined the Advanced Echelon of the 5th Air Force and moved to set up bases in New Guinea. He participated in significant operations, including WEWAK and Simpson Harbor Rabul, along with the Battle of the Coral Sea, which ended Japanese advances in the South Pacific. Upon his return to the United States in 1944, Mr. Reidy, known as ‘‘Dit," married Mary Madelyn Tillett, known as ‘‘Tillie," of Anacostia at St. Francis Xavier Church. During their married life they raised seven children.
He returned to the Post in 1966 as superintendent of the photo engraving department. During his years at the Post, many historical events took place, including the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Vietnam War and Watergate. He had great admiration for publisher Katherine Graham and loved the newspaper business.
He retired from the Post and moved to Bethany Beach, Del., and later to La Plata. His retirement lasted 26 years. He and his wife were married 62 years and had seven children, 17 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
He served as president of Bishop Byrne Council Knights of Columbus, Oxon Hill and Post Scott Johnson Collins Veterans of Foreign Wars, Morningside.
His favorite part of business was ‘‘after hours" poker games. He was a reservoir of knowledge about life in Washington, D.C., before World War II, which included such activities as a youth as sneaking onto streetcars, sleeping outside at night in the hot summer at present-day RFK Stadium, watching the Washington Redskins at Old Griffith Stadium and delivering ice by horse and wagon with his father.
He was a lifelong fan of the Redskins and loved ‘‘trolling" for rockfish in Southern Maryland.
Born March 23, 1920, in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late Frederick C. Reidy and the late Mary Reidy.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his grandchild, Francis E. Reidy III.
He is survived by his wife, Mary ‘‘Tillie" Reidy of La Plata; sons, Francis Reidy Jr. and his wife, Cheryl, Tim Reidy and his wife, Nicole, and Michael Reidy; daughters, Sharon Maxted and her husband, Miles, Sheila Gilbert and her husband, Russell, Mary Carroll and her husband, Richard, and Madelyn Whittaker and her husband, Phil; 16 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
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